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The Mayo Clinic tells expectant parents about pregnancy, birth and the first months of life through an application called Mayo Clinic on Pregnancy. The app, available for tablets, desktops and laptops that use Windows 8, has advice for staying healthy and fit during pregnancy as well as ways to soothe crying infants.

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Women who had an anxiety disorder before pregnancy, or who developed an anxiety disorder during or after pregnancy, were more likely to have a baby with excessive crying than women without anxiety disorders, a study in the Archives of Disease in Childhood showed. Researchers found no clear link between between maternal depression and excessive crying among infants.

Mayo Clinic has unveiled a mobile health application called Mayo Clinic on Pregnancy to inform expectant mothers about pregnancy, childbirth and the first months of their baby's life. The mobile tool, which uses the expertise of pregnancy specialists at the clinic, allows users to access information related to immunizations, medications and prenatal, infant and postpartum care.

Having poor cardiovascular health at age 18 increases by nearly twofold a man's risk of being admitted for major depression later in life, according to a study of more than 1 million men in Sweden. Data showed that the poorer the cardiovascular fitness, the greater the risk of depression. The findings appeared in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

Overweight and obese pregnant women who gained too much weight in the second trimester had a 94% and 93% chance, respectively, of gaining excess weight by the end of pregnancy, compared to a 74% chance among normal-weight women, a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition revealed. However, normal-weight women who attained the recommended weight gain in the second trimester had a 77% chance of appropriate weight gain at the end of their pregnancy.

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